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Premium Times Lagos LP governorship candidate kicks off campaign, vows to rebuild state

“I will fix Lagos. Our slogan is ‘A New Lagos For All’. This is not just a mere slogan, but a determination to put the people at t...

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Vanguard FG approves ₦40.8bn health allocation, extends insurance to 90,000 inmates

By Sola Ogundipe The Federal Government has approved a ₦40.76 billion disbursement under the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHC...

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Vanguard Iran denies Saudi accusation of involvement in Houthi attacks

Iran on Friday denied having anything to do with attacks by Yemen's Houthis, a day after Saudi Arabia accused it of having encoura...

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Vanguard United Nigeria Airlines targets N100bn commercial paper market

By Dickson Omobola United Nigeria Airlines Company Limited is set to become the first domestic airline to issue commercial paper,...

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Vanguard FG to deploy 3,700 telecom towers to connect 20m Nigerians

. As Tijani commissions first NUCAP site in Abia . Kalu identifies 16 more locations needing coverage in Bende By Steve Oko UMUAHI...

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Vanguard Borno ADC, Bwala trade words over Zulum’s opposition record

By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Borno State and former Commissioner for Home Affairs, Informat...

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Vanguard 2027: Adebutu’s omission from INEC list unintentional — Sowunmi-Kolapo

…Says omission will be addressed soon, insists PDP candidate will win By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Deputy Governorship Candida...

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Vanguard Trump’s new press secretary leaves job after five days

"I said, 'Katie, is this for you?,'" Trump told reporters. "I said, 'Katie, you don't have to do this'... I said to her, 'Honestly...

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Vanguard Gunmen kill two at Plateau mining site

The victims, identified as Goodluck Bulus and Emmanuel Monday, both in their mid-20s, were reportedly killed on Friday, in an atta...

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Vanguard Enugu Corps member’s death not caused by substandard medicines – NAFDAC

The statement stated that the deceased was however, stabilised with intramuscular antimalarial and other supportive medications gi...

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Vanguard Use *315# to check phones before buying, NCC tells Nigerians

“Before you buy the phone, dial *315# and confirm that the phone is fully verified before you pay,” he said. The post Use *315# to...

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Vanguard DSS, military, police arrest 5 over NYSC members kidnap

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), the military and police have arrested five suspected members of a criminal g...

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Vanguard NSIB probes private jet after door falls mid-air

A private jet operated by Triton Aviation made an emergency landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after losi...

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Farmers Weekly Possible diesel price hike adds to planting season cost concerns

Diesel prices could rise again in November, adding further pressure on farmers and their transport providers. An October compariso...

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TechCrunch An Nvidia insider-turned-VC on why robotics hasn’t hit its ChatGPT moment, yet

Amulya Vishwanath, who spent seven years leading product marketing for NVIDIA’s robotics platforms, says robotics is currently in...

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TechCabal Six years after Stripe, Paystack is learning to keep money

Six years after Stripe's historic acquisition, Paystack is pivoting from moving money to keeping deposits to survive currency deva...

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TechCrunch India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity

The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and ov...

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Premium Times From 95,000 to 60,000 Pilgrims: How Nigeria lost Hajj seats, as citizens raise concerns

Within two Hajj cycles, the number of Nigerian pilgrims has fallen sharply, leaving thousands facing the prospect of postponing a...

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Premium Times Femi Adebayo unveils Funke Akindele, Kwam 1, Pasuma, late Ogogo, others for ‘Jagun Jagun 2’

Netflix will premiere the sequel to “Jagun Jagun: The Warrior” on 4 December. The post Femi Adebayo unveils Funke Akindele, Kwam 1...

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Premium Times N156 Billion Debt Recovery Suit: Stallion Group appeals ruling upholding UBA’s appointment of receiver/manager

In a statement issued on Friday and seen by PREMIUM TIMES, the group noted that it vehemently disagrees with the ruling and will p...

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Premium Times NUJ, Women’s Centre seek stronger media focus on gender-sensitive journalism

The Maryam Babangida National Centre for Women Development and NUJ agreed that sustained collaboration between the media and the C...

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Premium Times Court upholds appointment of receiver/manager in UBA’s debt recovery suit against Stallion Group.

In a judgment delivered by Justice Daniel Osiagor on Friday, the court granted all the reliefs sought by the bank, affirmed its ju...

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Vanguard Trafficking: Titi Atiku laments Nigerian girls becoming ‘a nuisance’ abroad

The wife of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Network Against Child Trafficking...

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Vanguard Obi of Onitsha raises alarm over rising poverty, insecurity

By Vincent Ujumadu The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, has expressed concern over rising hardship in Nigeria, lamenti...

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